Android-smartphone from Garmin in the second half of 2009

Interesting news came from the representative of the company Garmin. According to Tony En (Tony An), Director of Marketing Garmin Asia Pacific, the company expects that total shipments of portable navigation devices in 2008 will grow by 50% to 18 million units sold in 2007.

Garmin reaffirmed plans to release its first phone - Nuvifone. It should appear on the Taiwanese market in the second quarter of 2009. In addition, Tony En reported that Garmin is about to release its own smartphone based on Android in the second half of next year.

The development of Android-smartphone will be conducted internally, and production pereporucheno part of the perpetrator.